Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126): Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender was 0.9764 GPIA in 2024. ▲ Rising
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), 1997–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.
Analysis
The most recent figure for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) is 0.9764 GPIA, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) peaked at 0.9764 GPIA in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.8357 GPIA, in 1998.
That places ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 158th out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126), year by year
| Year | GPIA | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 0.8383 GPIA | — |
| 1998 | 0.8357 GPIA | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.842 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 0.8429 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.8483 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 0.8451 GPIA | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.8511 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.8583 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.8674 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8769 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.8837 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.8936 GPIA | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 0.9021 GPIA | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.9095 GPIA | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.9101 GPIA | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9252 GPIA | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 0.9333 GPIA | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.9373 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.9438 GPIA | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.9418 GPIA | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.9459 GPIA | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 0.9492 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 0.9545 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.9598 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 0.9656 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.9711 GPIA | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9739 GPIA | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 0.9764 GPIA | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.8387 GPIA | 0.8357 GPIA | 0.842 GPIA | 3 |
| 2000s | 0.8669 GPIA | 0.8429 GPIA | 0.9021 GPIA | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9351 GPIA | 0.9095 GPIA | 0.9545 GPIA | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9694 GPIA | 0.9598 GPIA | 0.9764 GPIA | 5 |
Countries ranked near ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
More education data for ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number), gaps 5.89 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 38.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 42.27 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 26.34 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 1.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, male (number) 3.52 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 3.88 % change on previous year (2021)
- Teachers in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 2.59 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) was 0.9764 GPIA in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9764 GPIA in 2024.
- What is the lowest gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender recorded in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8357 GPIA in 1998.
- How does ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) rank for gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender?
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) ranks 158th out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender rising or falling in ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Gross enrolment ratio, primary and lower secondary, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release